EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2022TRDH

Magnitude 2.3 3 km WNW of Pecos, Texas

Friday, October 7, 2022, 1:09:23 PM Central · 2022-10-07 18:09:23 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 3 km WNW of Pecos, Texas on October 7, 2022 at 1:09 PM Central, 3.8 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 58 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.8 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 317,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.3: ML, reviewed
3.8: km deep · 12,358 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
58: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
703: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.4316, -103.5264
County area: Ward County
On a map: Google Maps ↗
Catalog: USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

When	Mag	Distance	Depth
Sep 18, 2022, 3:36 PM	2.3	5.7 km	1.4 km
Nov 4, 2022, 9:32 PM	2.1	0.3 km	1.7 km
Nov 20, 2022, 10:21 PM	2.3	7.6 km	2.5 km
Aug 10, 2022, 11:37 AM	2.2	7.7 km	3.3 km
Dec 5, 2022, 8:33 PM	2.0	5 km	1.9 km
Dec 18, 2022, 1:41 PM	2.3	8.2 km	5.5 km
Dec 20, 2022, 7:02 AM	2.1	6.7 km	0.1 km
Dec 31, 2022, 7:23 AM	2.3	6.5 km	2.6 km
Jul 2, 2022, 2:23 PM	2.2	6.9 km	5.2 km
Jun 28, 2022, 4:31 PM	2.3	4.6 km	5.5 km
Jun 25, 2022, 12:05 PM	3.0	2 km	7.9 km
Jun 25, 2022, 5:35 AM	2.1	3.1 km	7.3 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Jun 25, 2022.

Injection wells within 10 km

RRC UIC MASTER · ACTIVE PERMITS

Proximity is not attribution. The wells are listed because the question is always asked; whether any of them is connected to this event is for the RRC's seismic response review, not this page.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Tarpon #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000116075	1.8 km	15,000	4,500–6,000
Preakness SWD #2	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000105946	2.1 km	40,000	4,500–7,500
Sham SWD #2SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000109562	4 km	25,000	4,530–7,640
Reeves -43- #1	Reeves County SWD, LLC	000094453	4.2 km	12,000	4,339–5,510
Central Reeves #2SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000108266	4.9 km	40,000	4,470–6,860
Abram SWD #1	Terrain Water Solutions, LLC	000121190	5.2 km	20,000	4,600–7,600
Sbhes Pecos #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000115915	5.2 km	25,000	6,250–7,510
Baptist Foundation #1D	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000048561	5.5 km	10,000	5,594–6,100
Barstow SWD #2	M.A.C. Resources Inc.	000110480	6 km	20,000	6,600–7,100
Pecos SWD #1	Energy Transfer Company	000104215	7.1 km	25,000	4,500–7,500
Mendoza SWD #2	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000108695	7.1 km	25,000	4,000–7,000
Ani SWD #1	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000101944	7.3 km	20,000	8,000–9,150
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #7I	Noble Energy Inc	000126095	7.3 km	10,000	8,824–10,575
Angelo SWD #2	Milestone Enviro Services, LLC	000113277	7.3 km	20,000	4,500–6,500
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #9I	Noble Energy Inc	000126097	7.5 km	10,000	8,758–10,576

Disposal in Ward County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2022trdh from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by TexNet (UT Bureau of Economic Geology) and refreshed daily. Nearby wells from the RRC UIC well master and permit coordinates; daily volumes from the TexNet injection reporting tool.

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